On Human Rights

By: Stephen Shute, Susan Hurley

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Paperback | 19 September 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Seven leading political philosophers grapple with the key question of contemporary political philosophy: articulating universal human rights that always apply in all cultures.. Are there any human rights that apply to all women and all men in all cultures at all times? Can we ground human rights in an abstract rationality possessed by every human being? Or, as some philosophers have claimed, are attempts to ground human rights doomed to failure? Do human rights in any case need such grounding? On Human Rights, the second book in the Oxford Amnesty Lecture Series, presents the opinions of seven distinguished contributors who approach the problem of universal human rights from a variety of perspectives using a wealth of contemporary and historical material. The essays make a significant contribution to the theory and practice of human rights . They grapple with the hard questions that confront anyone concerned with responding appropriately to the numerous violations of human rights that surround us.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy Politics & Government Political Control & Freedoms Human Rights Civil Rights & Citizenship History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy Miscellaneous Items

Preface To The Oxford Amnesty Lectures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Five Fables About Human Rights	p. 19
The Law of Peoples	p. 41
Crimes of War Crimes of Peace	p. 83
Human Rights Rationality, And Sentimentality	p. 111
The Other's Rights	p. 135
The Limits To Natural Law And The Paradox of Evil	p. 149
Majority Rule And Individual Rights	p. 175
Introduction	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 204
Notes	p. 217
Contributors	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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